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Uniden BCT15 Owner's Manual

Uniden BCT15 Owner's Manual (152 pages)

scanner radio with Trunk Tracker III and automatic scanning capabilities

Brand: Uniden | Category: Scanner | Size: 2.78 MB

Table of Contents

Precautions

2
BCT15 Quick Start Guide

3
Table of Contents

4
The FCC Wants You to Know

10
- Scanning Legally
  10
Introduction

12
- Feature Highlights
  13
  - General
    13
  - Trunk Tracking
    15
  - Searches and Scanning
    16
  - Gps
    17
  - Weather
    17
- Memory Storage Limits
  18
- Search Lockout Limits
  18
- About this Manual
  18
  - How the Scanner's Controls Are Represented in this Manual
    18
A Short User's Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast

20
Understanding Scanning and the BCT15

22
- Understanding the Scanner's Memory
  22
- Understanding Quick Keys
  22
- What Is Scanning
  23
- What Is Searching
  23
- What Is CTCSS/DCS
  23
- Conventional Scanning
  24
- Simplex Operation
  24
- Repeater Operation
  25
- What Is Trunk Tracking
  25
- Trunked Scanning
  26
- Startup Configuration
  26
- Multi-Site Trunking
  27
- Types of Trunking Systems
  27
  - Motorola Trunking
    27
  - EDACS Trunking
    28
  - LTR Trunking
    29
- Where to Get more Information
  30
  - Information on the Internet
    30
Included with Your Scanner

31
Setting up Your Scanner

32
Controls, Keys, and Functions

41
A Look at the LCD Display

48
Tones

50
- General Tones
  50
- Weather Alert Tones
  50
- Menu Mode Tones
  50
- Scanner Alert Tones
  50
Operation

51
- Turning on the Scanner and Setting the Squelch
  51
- Setting the Display Backlight
  51
- Setting Alert Mute
  51
  - Temporary Alert Mute
    51
  - Continuous Alert Mute
    51
- Entering Text Within a Menu Option
  52
- Startup Key Operation
  52
  - Conventional
    52
  - Trunked
    52
  - Service Range
    52
  - Custom Range
    53
- Scanning Systems
  53
- Selecting Systems to Scan
  54
- Selecting System Channel Groups
  54
- Locking/Unlocking Systems
  54
- Locking/Unlocking Channels
  55
- ID Scan/ID Search Mode
  55
- Holding on a System
  55
- Holding on a Channel
  56
- Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search
  56
- Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID's (TGID)
  56
- Trunking Activity Indicators
  57
- Toggling the Display Mode
  57
Introduction to Beartracker Operation

58
Using the Menu

60
- General Operations
  60
- Display Format
  61
- Editing a Name
  61
- Editing a Frequency
  62
- First and Second Menu Levels
  62
Programming General Settings

64
- Setting and Using the Display Backlight
  64
  - Setting the Dimmer
    64
- Adjusting the Key Beep
  65
- Setting the Audio AGC
  65
- Setting the Display Orientation
  65
- Adjusting the Display Contrast
  66
- Setting the GPS Format
  66
- Setting the Serial Port Speed
  67
- Displaying Scanner Information
  67
  - Viewing Memory Used
    67
- Setting the Beartracker Options
  67
  - Set Hold Time
    67
  - Set Delay Time
    68
  - Set Attenuator
    68
  - Set Alert Level
    68
  - Set Alert Tone
    69
  - Set Record
    69
  - Max Priority Scan
    69
  - Viewing the Firmware Version and Electronic Serial Number
    70
- Initializing the Scanner's Memory
  70
- Connecting Your Scanner to a Personal Computer
  70
  - Volume/Squelch with PC Control
    71
- Wired Cloning
  71
  - Start of Transfer
    72
  - During Transfer
    72
Programming Your Scanner

73
- General Notes
  73
- System Settings
  73
- System Options
  74
- Site Option Settings
  75
- Channel Option Settings
  75
- Programming Conventional Systems
  76
- Programming Trunked Radio Systems
  76
- Programming System Settings
  77
  - Editing the System Name
    77
  - Specifying the Correct System Type
    78
  - Editing the System Name
    78
  - Programming System Options
    78
    
    Editing the System Quick Key
    78
    
    Setting the Startup Key
    79
    
    Setting the System Lockout
    79
    
    Setting the System Hold Time
    80
    
    Setting ID Scan/ID Search
    80
    
    Setting Channel Delay Time
    80
    
    Setting Data Skip
    80
    
    Setting Location Information
    81
    
    Setting the Fleet Map
    81
    
    Setting the Status Bit
    82
    
    Setting End Code Operation
    82
  - Setting I-Call Operation
    82
  - Setting the Emergency Alert Option
    83
- Assigning a Conventional System to a State
  83
  - Conventional Systems
    83
  - Setting the EDACS ID Format
    84
  - Setting the System Record Option
    84
  - Reviewing ID Search Lockouts
    84
  - Clearing All Locked out ID's
    85
  - Editing Sites
    85
  - Editing Channel Groups
    85
  - Copying Systems
    85
  - Deleting Systems
    86
- Programming Sites
  86
  - Setting the Site Name
    86
  - Setting the Site Quick Key
    87
  - Setting the Site Startup Key
    87
  - Setting Site Frequencies
    88
  - Setting Site Modulation
    88
  - Setting Site Attenuation
    89
  - Setting Site Lockout
    89
  - Setting Site Hold Time
    90
  - Editing the Band Plan
    90
  - Setting Control-Channel Only Mode
    91
  - Setting Site Location Information
    91
  - Assigning a Trunked System to a State
    91
    
    Trunked Systems (Sites)
    92
    
    Deleting Sites
    92
- Programming Channel Groups
  92
  - Setting up a Channel Group
    92
  - Editing a Channel Group Name
    92
  - Setting the Group Quick Key
    93
  - Editing Channels
    93
  - Locking out Channel Groups
    93
  - Deleting Channel Groups
    94
- Programming Channels
  94
  - Creating a Channel
    94
  - Editing the Channel Name (Alpha Tag)
    94
  - Editing Frequencies
    95
  - Editing the Talk Group ID
    95
  - Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones
    96
  - Quick CTCSS/DCS Save
    96
  - Setting Channel Modulation Method
    97
  - Setting Channel Attenuation
    97
  - Setting Channel Priority
    98
  - Setting Channel Alert
    98
- Setting Channel Record
  99
  - Setting Lockout
    99
  - Copying a Channel
    99
  - Deleting a Channel
    100
Searching and Storing

101
- Service Search
  101
- Quick Search
  102
- Custom Search
  102
- Editing a Custom Search Range
  103
- Search with Scan
  104
  - Editing a Service Search
    105
  - Method One
    105
  - Method Two
    105
- Set Delay Time
  105
- Set Attenuator
  106
- Set Record
  106
- Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key
  106
- Saving a Found Channel (Quick Save)
  106
- Auto Search and Store
  107
  - Selecting a System
    107
  - Conventional Search and Store
    107
  - Trunked Search and Store
    108
Using the Close Call Feature

109
- Setting Close Call Options
  109
- Close Call Hits
  111
- Close Call Hits with Scan
  111
Search and Close Call Options

113
- Managing Locked-Out Frequencies
  113
- Unlocking All Frequencies
  114
- Reviewing Locked out Frequencies
  114
- Searching for Subaudible Tones
  114
- Screening out Broadcast Sources
  115
- Finding Repeater Output Frequencies
  116
- Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value
  116
- Setting the Modulation Type
  116
- Setting Attenuation
  117
- Setting Data Skip
  117
- Setting the Delay Time
  118
- Setting the Search Frequency Step
  118
- Setting Record
  118
- Priority Scan
  119
Using Weather Alert (SAME)

120
- Searching for a Weather Broadcast
  120
- Turning Weather Scan Alert On/Off
  120
- Programming a same Group
  121
- Setting WX Alert Priority
  122
Fire Tone-Out Introduction

123
- Setting Tone-Out Standby
  123
- Setting up Tone-Out
  123
- Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring
  125
- Setting Tone-Out Record
  125
Using the BCT15 with a GPS

126
- Device Compatibility
  126
- Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device
  126
- Initial Scanner/Gps Operation
  126
- Location-Based (GPS) Scanning
  127
- Another Example of Multiple Site Creation
  128
- Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features
  128
- Setting the Options
  130
- Deleting a Location
  130
  - For POI Only
    131
- For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only
  131
- GPS Display Mode
  133
- GPS Review Location Mode
  134
Care and Maintenance

135
- General Use
  135
- Location
  135
- Cleaning
  135
  - Repairs
    135
- Birdies
  135
Troubleshooting

136
- DCS Codes
  139
Specifications

140
Reference

143
- Preset Fleet Maps
  143
- User Defined Fleet Maps
  145
  - Type I Programming Information
    145
  - Size Code Restrictions
    146
Index

147
One-Year Limited Warranty

150

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